Shloka 11

ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्

Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तेकत्वमित्याहुननात्वं पुरुषे तथा । सर्वभूतदयावन्त: केवलं ज्ञानमास्थिता,सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंपर दया करनेवाले और केवल ज्ञानका सहारा लेनेवाले कुछ सांख्यके विद्वान्‌ प्रकृतिको एक तथा पुरुषको अनेक मानते हैं

Transliteration

avyaktaikatvam ity āhur nānātvam puruṣe tathā | sarvabhūtadayāvantaḥ kevalaṃ jñānam āsthitāḥ ||

Translation

Yājñavalkya said: “Some learned Sāṅkhyas—compassionate toward all beings and relying solely on discriminative knowledge—declare that Prakṛti, the unmanifest source, is one, while the Puruṣas (conscious selves) are many.”

Word by Word

• अव्यक्त: the unmanifest (Prakṛti)
• अव्यक्त: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एकत्वम्: oneness
• एकत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• आहुः: they say
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (ब्रू/अह्)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नानात्वम्: manifoldness, plurality
• नानात्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानात्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषे: in the Puruṣa
• पुरुषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, similarly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सर्वभूतदयावन्तः: having compassion for all beings
• सर्वभूतदयावन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-भूत-दया-वत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केवलम्: only, solely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थिताः: having resorted to, relying on
• आस्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु: स्था) / आस्थित (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Sāṅkhya (philosophers)
• Prakṛti (Avyakta)
• Puruṣa